Psalms 119:158
I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
In Context
157Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
159See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
Cross References
Psalms 119:136Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, because men have not kept thy law.
Ezekiel 9:4Then said Yahweh unto him. Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,—and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations that are being done in her midst.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:158
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. Here is, 1. David surrounded with difficulties and dangers: Many are my persecutors and my enemies. When Saul the king was his persecutor and enemy no marvel that many more were so: multitudes will follow the pernicious ways of abused authority. David, being a public person, had many enemies, but withal he had many friends, who loved him and wished him well; let him set the one over-against the other. In this David was a type… Read the whole commentary →